TurtleGram

A platform to share and create Python Turtle Art

This is a prototype of a contest platform where users can create Python turtle art and share them with the world. People can also 'upvote' the python turtle art created.

Installation

To install:
Install virtualenv and pip. Checkout and cd to the directory that you checkout

$ virtualenv venv
$ . venv/bin/activate
$ pip install -r requirements.txt

To run the application:

$ python turtlegram.py

Heroku Commands

To use Heroku commands, make sure you installed the Heroku toolkit, and that you are properly set up to update to Heroku

To run Heroku server locally:

$ foreman start

To push to heroku:

$ git push heroku master

To push a local branch to heroku:

$ git push heroku localbranch:master

Third-party APIs/Services

• Front-end HTML/CSS: Bootstrap 2.3.2
• Front-end MVC: AngularJS
• In-browser python interpreter: Skulpt
• In-browser code editor: CodeMirror
• Back-end persistence: Firebase
• Facebook SDK: For commenting on individual python turtle art and sharing to timeline
• Aviary Photo-editing SDK: Filters anyone?

Model

For the prototype, only one object is needed: Python Turtle Art

• python_turtle_art
  • id: int
  • title: string
  • description: string
  • code: string
  • upvotes: int
  • image_url: string
  • creator: string
  • date_created: string/int(?)

Authors

Tay Yang Shun

• http://github.com/yangshun
• http://twitter.com/yangshunz

Soedarsono Lim

• http://github.com/soedar
• http://twitter.com/soedarsono